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13s Best School Prize</h3><p class="text-gray-400 text-sm mb-4">Franklin School wins the World's Best School Prize for Innovationâthe first US school to receive this honor.</p><a href="/recognition" class="font-mono text-sm text-blueprint-accent hover:text-blueprint-highlight transition-colors inline-flex items-center gap-1">Learn more<span class="group-hover:translate-x-1 transition-transform">â</span></a></div><div class="wire-frame-border p-6 bg-blueprint-bg-light/50 hover:bg-blueprint-bg-light transition-colors group"><div class="font-mono text-xs text-maker-orange mb-2">2011 ⢠PROJECT</div><h3 class="text-xl font-semibold text-gray-100 mb-3 group-hover:text-blueprint-accent transition-colors">Fab Lab</h3><p class="text-gray-400 text-sm mb-4">Founded the first Fab Lab at an all-girls school, now expanded to four makerspaces.</p><a href="/projects/fab-lab-marymount" class="font-mono text-sm text-blueprint-accent hover:text-blueprint-highlight transition-colors inline-flex items-center gap-1">View project<span class="group-hover:translate-x-1 transition-transform">â</span></a></div><div class="wire-frame-border p-6 bg-blueprint-bg-light/50 hover:bg-blueprint-bg-light transition-colors group"><div class="font-mono text-xs text-maker-orange mb-2">2017 ⢠PUBLICATION</div><h3 class="text-xl font-semibold text-gray-100 mb-3 group-hover:text-blueprint-accent transition-colors">Tech DIY</h3><p class="text-gray-400 text-sm mb-4">Co-authored soft circuit activity book for younger children and parents, published by Make Media.</p><a href="/publications/tech-diy" class="font-mono text-sm text-blueprint-accent hover:text-blueprint-highlight transition-colors inline-flex items-center gap-1">Explore book<span class="group-hover:translate-x-1 transition-transform">â</span></a></div></div></div></section><section class="py-20 px-6 border-y border-blueprint-line/30"><div class="max-w-4xl mx-auto text-center"><div class=""><blockquote class="text-2xl md:text-3xl font-sans text-gray-200 mb-6">âLearning is most effective when individuals are actively engaged in making tangible objects in the real world.â</blockquote></div><div class=""><cite class="font-mono text-sm text-gray-500 not-italic">â Constructionist Learning Philosophy</cite></div><div class=""><div class="mt-8"><a href="/philosophy" class="font-mono text-sm text-blueprint-accent hover:text-blueprint-highlight transition-colors inline-flex items-center gap-2">Read the manifesto<span>â</span></a></div></div></div></section><section class="py-20 px-6 bg-blueprint-bg-light/30"><div class="max-w-7xl mx-auto"><div class="text-center mb-12"><h2 class="text-3xl md:text-4xl font-bold text-gray-100 mb-4">The Journey</h2><p class="text-gray-400 max-w-2xl mx-auto">From tinkering in basements to leading international innovation initiativesâa career built on the belief that making matters.</p></div><div class="relative"><div class="absolute left-4 md:left-1/2 top-0 bottom-0 w-px -translate-x-1/2"><svg class="w-full h-full" preserveAspectRatio="none"><line x1="50%" y1="0" x2="50%" y2="100%" stroke="rgba(74, 158, 255, 0.5)" stroke-width="2"></line></svg></div><div class="space-y-8"><div class="relative flex items-center gap-4 md:flex-row"><div class="absolute left-4 md:left-1/2 w-3 h-3 -translate-x-1/2 rounded-full bg-maker-orange border-2 border-blueprint-bg z-10"></div><div class="ml-12 md:ml-0 md:w-1/2 md:pr-12 md:text-right"><span class="font-mono text-sm text-maker-orange">2025</span><h3 class="text-lg font-semibold text-gray-200">Worldâs Best School Prize</h3></div></div><div class="relative flex items-center gap-4 md:flex-row-reverse"><div class="absolute left-4 md:left-1/2 w-3 h-3 -translate-x-1/2 rounded-full bg-maker-orange border-2 border-blueprint-bg z-10"></div><div class="ml-12 md:ml-0 md:w-1/2 md:pl-12"><span class="font-mono text-sm text-maker-orange">2021</span><h3 class="text-lg font-semibold text-gray-200">Franklin School Founded</h3></div></div><div class="relative flex items-center gap-4 md:flex-row"><div class="absolute left-4 md:left-1/2 w-3 h-3 -translate-x-1/2 roun
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